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lordsummerisle

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Fri Jun 14, 2019, 09:04 PM Jun 2019

Five reasons why 2020's down-ballot races could reshape America's future

Matthew Chapman
Alternet.org

The political press always tends to focus mostly on the marquee race for the White House but that’s especially true this cycle, as Donald Trump runs for a second term. He demands attention and his antics enrage his opponents and delight his supporters in equal measure.

But national reporters risk missing the big picture by centering so much of their reporting at the top when many of the most important political battles in 2020 will take place further down the ballot.

https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/five-reasons-why-2020s-down-ballot-races-could-reshape-americas-future/

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